The document was excerpts from Carl Stokes', a black politician running for Cleveland Mayor, memoir, Promises of Power: A Political Autobiography. The excerpts reflected on his rise to power. Key ideas are: "people, acting together, are power", Stokes was a lawyer who put all of his money into his campaign, "there is no more effective political force in teh black community than the church", Stokes was involved as much as possible in the community, he used his political power as an "alien" or minority to gain power, and he made his campain a copy of the campaign model of the italians of talking differently to each ethnic group of people so each group would think that the politician was in it for them and a melting pot for everyone else.
In what ways did Stokes’s election represent a milestone for black power? What do you think his
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election meant for black citizens?
Since he was the first black mayor that was not only the first black mayor, but was a black mayor voted for by a majority of white people, he became the bridge of trust between whites trusting blacks. The election for black citizens meant that they would start to become more fairly treated but most importantly more fairly represented.
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